Muddikins
Well-Known Member
I am not usually a 'forum' joiner but decided that I needed to join this one having been reading and absorbing the life changing information on here if for no other reason than to give the people diagnosed today access to the same sort of fresh personal stories that have helped me.
Diagnosed with T2 in October last year when my HbA1c was 112mmol/mol. Just devastated at the time but determined to do 'something' about it but with no real understanding of what that might be beyond the need to lose weight.
I already knew about the Newcastle Uni research as I had tagged some friends with it in the past. I read everything they had written and decided to do my own version using proper food.
Nobody will be surprised to hear that despite my obesity at the time my actual diet was pretty much the Eatwell plate, I love beans and pulses, I made my own wholegrain breads, I avoided fat like it was the very devil. I took my diet very seriously having had a heart attack four years ago which needed a stent, only a fool would mess around with their diet after that wouldn't they? I was as confused as a very confused thing then that I just couldn't stop putting on weight, it made no sense to me. In the end I just had to accept that I was a big, fat, pig who couldn't even manage to eat properly, it was a very unhappy place to be mentally.
So, and I doubt this is too unusual, getting diagnosed as T2 has been an absolute blessing, I was dying before with no idea why but now I am starting to understand and what I am learning is shocking.
Thank you one and all for educating me.
The effect of your combined wisdom has seen my weight drop from 18 stone in October to 13 stone 5 pounds today (6ft 2in) and that has been accomplished without any difficulty at all, I just kept feeling better with more energy and my mental health was perfect. It wasn't my fault after all. I have to wait until March for my next test but did purchase a meter and therefore have some idea of the impact and so far I haven't seen it move out of non diabetic levels and fasting bg is generally low 4's.
The penny finally dropped for me when I dropped below a BMI of 25 and started wondering what my diet would look like now that the very low calorie diet was coming to an end. Feeling very clever I tested my tolerance to porridge, I love porridge, it was fine, porridge was back on the menu, great! because that is good for me.....oh, hang on...
The scales fell from my eyes, (@Jim Lahey it was you wot did it you star) I love carbs but they don't love me any more, it's time for the divorce.
I was accidentally keto during my diet because I kept it to 500 calories a day and had the odd fast day but was still eating 2 portions of fruit a day so it was a bit more carby than my current diet which is no longer calorie restricted.
In the past when I stopped a diet the first thing that happened was that I would put on half a stone overnight, that was mainly water obviously but this time my weight didn't change as I increased what I ate, in fact my weight is still gently drifting down still which will suit me for a while.
I feel better than I have felt in many years, I have clearly been experiencing hyperinsulemia for a very long time and that had compensated sufficiently well to keep my blood sugars down until recently. It does make me wonder about the heart attack now though, I blamed myself for that too as I was overweight, perhaps I know why now.
I might not have dodged the bullet but it only winged me and now I am off and running (actually off and walking but buying a bike) and the Eatwell plate is consigned to the bin forever.
Diagnosed with T2 in October last year when my HbA1c was 112mmol/mol. Just devastated at the time but determined to do 'something' about it but with no real understanding of what that might be beyond the need to lose weight.
I already knew about the Newcastle Uni research as I had tagged some friends with it in the past. I read everything they had written and decided to do my own version using proper food.
Nobody will be surprised to hear that despite my obesity at the time my actual diet was pretty much the Eatwell plate, I love beans and pulses, I made my own wholegrain breads, I avoided fat like it was the very devil. I took my diet very seriously having had a heart attack four years ago which needed a stent, only a fool would mess around with their diet after that wouldn't they? I was as confused as a very confused thing then that I just couldn't stop putting on weight, it made no sense to me. In the end I just had to accept that I was a big, fat, pig who couldn't even manage to eat properly, it was a very unhappy place to be mentally.
So, and I doubt this is too unusual, getting diagnosed as T2 has been an absolute blessing, I was dying before with no idea why but now I am starting to understand and what I am learning is shocking.
Thank you one and all for educating me.
The effect of your combined wisdom has seen my weight drop from 18 stone in October to 13 stone 5 pounds today (6ft 2in) and that has been accomplished without any difficulty at all, I just kept feeling better with more energy and my mental health was perfect. It wasn't my fault after all. I have to wait until March for my next test but did purchase a meter and therefore have some idea of the impact and so far I haven't seen it move out of non diabetic levels and fasting bg is generally low 4's.
The penny finally dropped for me when I dropped below a BMI of 25 and started wondering what my diet would look like now that the very low calorie diet was coming to an end. Feeling very clever I tested my tolerance to porridge, I love porridge, it was fine, porridge was back on the menu, great! because that is good for me.....oh, hang on...
The scales fell from my eyes, (@Jim Lahey it was you wot did it you star) I love carbs but they don't love me any more, it's time for the divorce.
I was accidentally keto during my diet because I kept it to 500 calories a day and had the odd fast day but was still eating 2 portions of fruit a day so it was a bit more carby than my current diet which is no longer calorie restricted.
In the past when I stopped a diet the first thing that happened was that I would put on half a stone overnight, that was mainly water obviously but this time my weight didn't change as I increased what I ate, in fact my weight is still gently drifting down still which will suit me for a while.
I feel better than I have felt in many years, I have clearly been experiencing hyperinsulemia for a very long time and that had compensated sufficiently well to keep my blood sugars down until recently. It does make me wonder about the heart attack now though, I blamed myself for that too as I was overweight, perhaps I know why now.
I might not have dodged the bullet but it only winged me and now I am off and running (actually off and walking but buying a bike) and the Eatwell plate is consigned to the bin forever.